you guys are awesome!!!!! Thanks to all of your input the beast has roared to life and drove around the block. I ran a vacuum line from the boost solenoid to a tee at the snout. from there to map #1 and then map #2. it purred like a kitten.... until i gave it a lil punch. then "reduced engine power" and dead. I remembered the first post that one map was not vacuumed and i undid that problem and now a new issue. With Map "A" hooked up, it runs decent, but no boost, if i swap it to map "B" i get boost but a crappy idle and again " reduced power". its dark now so ill play with it some more in the morning. Thanks for all your help. Any other thoughts are appreciated.